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Holiday Engagement (2011) 6.0
Afraid to admit she was just dumped, a woman hires an actor to play her lawyer-boyfriend during a 4-day Thanksgiving weekend at her parents' house. Director:Jim FallWriters:Barbara Kymlicka (story), Charlotte Clark-Gamache (story) (as Charlotte Gamache) , 2 more credits » |
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| Shelley Long | ... |
Meredith Burns
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| Jordan Bridges | ... |
David
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| Sam McMurray | ... | ||
| Haylie Duff | ... | ||
| Carrie Wiita | ... |
Joy Burns
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Jason King
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Sophie
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Peter
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Connie
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Julian
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Lindsay
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Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents (most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns) thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's why Hillary is so happy she is engaged to successful lawyer Jason King, whom she will bring home to meet the family for the first time at their Thanksgiving get-together weekend in a week's time; however, Hillary's life starts to fall apart when simultaneously she loses her part-time newspaper writing job (when the newspaper itself folds) and Jason dumps her to focus on his career (which is seemingly more important to him than Hillary). On the advice of her best friend Sophie, Hillary - who feels she can't go home without Jason (especially as her two sisters' lives seem to meet their mother's approval) - decides reluctantly to go to an online dating site to find someone to pose as Jason for the upcoming family weekend. She finds David, an actor ... Written by Huggo
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Joy Burns: Here we go!
Meredith Burns: Can't you girls understand that a mother wants to plan her daughters' weddings? Since you were babies I dreamed of this, and then to find out that Trisha eloped to an island.
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The character, Jason, always answers his phone as Gofer King. Gofer is a title used for newer attorneys doing the supportive work on cases for the lead attorneys in a firm. See more »Goofs
In one scene, David says that they drove Hillary's Jetta instead of his (Jason's) Tesla to save mileage on the Tesla, but Hillary's car is a Passat, not a Jetta. See more »Quotes
Meredith Burns: Honey, I'm sorry if I seem a little anxious. It's just that I have been deprived of planning the weddings for not one but two of my daughters.Joy Burns: Here we go!
Meredith Burns: Can't you girls understand that a mother wants to plan her daughters' weddings? Since you were babies I dreamed of this, and then to find out that Trisha eloped to an island.
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If you look past the ridiculously stupid concept that only Hollywood could come up with, and past the outrageous-ness of the whole thing, it's not too bad of a movie.
Shelley Long gave a really believable performance as the mother. When an actor is able to make you feel something (even if that feeling is intense irritability and frustration) they've done their job.
The chemistry between Jordan Bridges and Bonnie Somerville is also quite believable. So much so I wish that they were a real couple!
Overall, the plot, though sometimes slow, is very light and fun and even touching in some parts.